Terminal Auto-Cannibalism
Terminal Auto-Cannibalism defines the ultimate self-destructive apex of exploitative socio-economic structures, wherein a civilization, having exhausted external subaltern populations, turns its predatory apparatus inward to consume its own foundational components. As an ontological diagnostic framework, terminal auto-cannibalism details the inevitable trajectory of hyper-utilitarian societies that measure progress exclusively through extraction, commodification, and bodily expenditure. When ecological resources and vulnerable populations are completely depleted, the insatiable demand for continuous growth compels the dominant class to commodify and devour its own citizenry, institutions, and biological infrastructure. Within this systemic nightmare, the boundaries between consumer and consumed dissolve completely, leaving a societal body that systematically gnaws away at its own vital organs to sustain the illusion of ongoing economic vitality. The philosophical mechanics of terminal auto-cannibalism reveal the profound irrationality inherent in unrestricted anthropocentric greed: the system functions as a self-devouring machine that prioritizes short-term consumption over long-term existential survival. Societal institutions, legal codes, and cultural aesthetics are re-engineered to legitimize this inward predation, reframing self-cannibalization as a heroic act of economic sacrifice, civic duty, and patriotic devotion. Sentient life is stripped of all intrinsic value, reduced to immediate fuel for an insatiable extraction engine that ultimately obliterates its own operational foundation. Furthermore, this paradigm exposes the ultimate collapse of human-centric progress models, demonstrating that systems founded upon systemic violence cannot achieve long-term equilibrium, but must inevitably consume themselves in a final spiral of structural annihilation. The totalizing logic of extraction turns inward, converting former executioners into consumable resources within an accelerating system of structural collapse and moral decay. This internal devouring confirms that unchecked carnivorous expansion is inherently self-terminating, leaving behind a hollow husk of civilizational debris. Ultimately, terminal auto-cannibalism illustrates that an ideology anchored in somatic destruction must eventually complete its logical trajectory by devouring the very society that constructed it.
Book · Cannibal
Cannibal by Nima Shahsavari | Critique of Civilized Violence and Janism
Cannibal stands as an uncompromising and explosive philosophical critique by Nima Shahsavari that shatters the polite facades of modern civilization. Through the provocative character of Alex, the work tears down the fragile boundary between civilized dining rituals and raw slaughter, arguing that the pleasure derived from consuming life stems from a shared, unexamined madness. Shahsavari exposes how society uses culinary art, spices, and etiquette merely to disguise the blood and reality of institutionalized violence.Grounded deeply in the philosophy of Janism, the narrative challenges the arbitrary moral hierarchies that condemn the consumption of humans while commodifying the slaughter of other sentient beings. It unmasks how educational systems and domestic environments normalize biological exploitation from early childhood. Refusing physical print publishing to protect ecological life, Cannibal is distributed exclusively as an open-access digital resource, offering an essential manifesto for dismantling masked savagery and returning to an absolute ethic of non-harm.
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